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Re:Setting up Starlink by andrepd on Saturday April 10, 2021 @03:47PM (#26764470)
I prefer an unambiguous and open way of communicating locations on the surface of the Earth, to a proprietary service from a company with a long history of pulling the plug on products.
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Re:Setting up Starlink by coder543 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @04:19PM (#26764761)
"Plus codes" are also known as "open location codes", and they are open source, not proprietary, nor do they rely on a central service.

You appear to be conflating other proprietary systems with this open one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code

https://github.com/google/open-location-code

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